In A Clinical Commissioning Group v P (Withdrawal of CANH) [2019] EWCOP 18, MacDonald J gave a detailed judgment to explain why he endorsed an … Read More ›
Tag: CRPD
PBM v TGT & X Local Authority [2019] EWCOP 6 addresses the questions of capacity to marry, enter into a prenuptial agreement and also disclosure … Read More ›
In Fernandes de Olivera v Portugal [2019] ECHR 106, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, in a majority decision, has identified the … Read More ›
I spent three days last week at a meeting on the cross-border protection of vulnerable adults convened by the European Commission and the Hague Conference … Read More ›
The Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at Ruhr University, Bochum are holding an International Spring School on Human Rights and Mental Health, … Read More ›
In what is about to be a big week for the Mental Health Act 1983, with the publication of the independent review of the Act, … Read More ›
[I am delighted to host here a guest post by Walter Boente (walter.boente@unil.ch), Centre of Comparative, European and International Law, University of Lausanne; it is … Read More ›
In an unusual step, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published a correction to General Comment 1, on Article 12 and … Read More ›
The MCA 2005 came fully into force 10 years ago today, on 1 October 2007. Entirely understandably given the day of the week its birthday fell, … Read More ›
In a fascinating judgment, B v D [2017] EWCOP 15, handed down on 5 September, Baker J had to consider whether it was in the … Read More ›